The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group (ISSG) is calling for a major consultation on the future of transport links to the Isles of Scilly amid legal wrangles over a competitor’s plans for a new helicopter link.

This follows the news that planning permission for a new heliport in Penzance has been withdrawn by Cornwall Council planners after the granting of a Judicial Review application to challenge its original approval brought on by ISSG, which already runs an aeroplane service from Land’s End Airport. It wants any new helicopter service to fly from the airport.

KERSEY ROAD - FLUSHING - BOTH DIRECTIONS

Reports of Kersey Road in both directions blocked due to accident between Coventry Road and Trefusis Road / St Peter’s Road.

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Paramedic was sacked for inappropriate relationship with vulnerable patient who had suicidal thoughts

A paramedic was sacked over an inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable patient with had suicidal thoughts who he had “pressurised and attempted to manipulate”.

Award-winning Cornwall-based paramedic Alan Mitchell lost an employment tribunal claim against South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) for unfair dismissal after exchanging more than 300 text messages with the woman. He was also ordered to pay almost £19,000 in legal costs.

The tribunal judgement said Mr Mitchell was a “risk to [the patient] and potential other adults at risk”.

Sacked paramedic Alan Mitchell, pictured when he received an award for his crew's response to a shotgun murder in 2009

One man identified and one still sought by police investigating sex assault on teen on train after Boardmasters

A man sought by officers in connection with a sexual assault against a 17-year-old girl on a Cornwall train after Boardmasters Festival has been identified.

Detectives are continuing to investigate the incident and still looking to speak to the other man in the CCTV images they have released as they believe he has information which could help the investigation.

Watch video of UK Border Patrol boat cruising down Cornish river and see what the agency had to say about it

A large black and grey UK Border Force boat was spotted travelling along a Cornish river - but the agency won’t say why.

The unusual sight of the patrol boat on the quiet Cornish waterway has been made even more mysterious as officials refused to discuss why it was there yesterday morning (September 13) but cited “operational matters”.

It was spotted and caught on video by staff from Hello Cornwall moving on the river at about 10am.

A39 - PENRYN

Slow traffic on A39 around B3292 (Treluswell Roundabout). In the roadworks area.

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Squalid home of woman banned from keeping dogs after 27 poodles found in poor conditions featured on Channel 5’s Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

The squalid home of a woman from Cornwall who was banned from keeping dogs for 10 years has been featured on Channel 5’s Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies.

The documentary series which follows the work of RSPCA officers, featured the home of Heather Green, 69, who appeared at Bodmin Magistrates’ Court earlier this year where she was convicted of causing the dogs unnecessary suffering.

During the episode, RSPCA inspector Lewis Taylor describes the sight of the poodles at Green’s home as “bewildering”.